colleen peterson

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Colleen Peterson, of Frostburg, Maryland, a former vice president of university advancement at Frostburg State, has been section-hiking the Appalachian Trail since 2012 (Lyme disease having cut short a thru-hike that year). A graduate of the State University of New York at Cortland, she has served on numerous local and state nonprofit boards and commissions, in 2010 was named one of Maryland’s Top 100 Women, and continues to provide consulting to nonprofit and business clients in western Maryland.

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The Appalachian Trail Conservancy's mission is to preserve and manage the Appalachian Trail - ensuring that its vast natural beauty and priceless cultural heritage can be shared and enjoyed today, tomorrow, and for centuries to come.